Politics Truss V Sunak for PM: What they have promised on schools From new grammar schools to workplace skills curriculum reform, all the education policies the PM hopefuls have pledged John Dickens 3y John Dickens 3y Schools Secondary modern sponsored by grammar school rated ‘inadequate’ Grammar formed trust to spread its ‘values and high aspirations’ after ministers urged selective schools to help their neighbours Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Schools School-led tutoring ‘undermined’ NTP as much as Randstad ‘failures’, report claims Charity which founded tutor scheme says ministers should ditch 6m courses target in favour of higher quality provision Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Schools Councils offer school support staff pay rise worth almost £2,000 each It leaves schools facing another unfunded cost increase that will further stretch budgets Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Academies Exclusive Council trusts allowed to run schools beyond their own boundaries Sector leaders said LA-founded MATs should be allowed to expand anywhere like other trusts, but one expert warned of… Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Teacher pay Pay rises will now cost schools £1.3bn, and 6 more STRB findings The teacher pay review body also wants a bigger remit to investigate the whole teacher pay system amid ongoing… Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Schools Unions threaten results day disruption as AQA staff plan three-day strike Some AQA staff will strike over pay later this month, but the exam board said claims of results day… Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Schools Teacher misconduct probes now taking 20 months to resolve Probes into serious misconduct are taking 8 months longer than DfE target, leaving teachers, schools and others affected in… Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Tutoring Schools can only use DfE-approved tutoring firms from September Leaders wanting to spend school-led tutoring cash on external agencies must draw from government list Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Schools DfE ditches 7-year plan to legislate on summer-born admissions Ministers have been promising a law change on the issue since 2015, but say they will no longer pursue… Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Academies Academy transfers hit six-year low despite DfE MAT drive Covid disruption has dented school transfers, but enthusiasm may also be limited among big and standalone trusts alike Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y SATs Exclusive Key stage 1 SATs will be scrapped from 2023-24, STA confirms But a ‘full programme’ of tests will go ahead next academic year because new year 2s did not sit… Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Newer 1 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 973 Older